aide

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A federal judge ruled that diaries of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong’s aide Li Rui can remain at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The aide said the home-boost provision is “part of the bill’s design to ensure housing ends up in the hands of people eventually.”

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

“All the boys have them,” one female White House aide told the Journal, while another joked that “it’s hysterical because everybody’s afraid not to wear them.”

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

In 2014 the man who once headed China's vast security apparatus was arrested, and two years later, Hu's top aide was jailed for life for corruption.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Finally, at eight thirty the next morning, an aide came in with an update: “ABC just declared you the winner! You got it. You’ve won.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin